PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.

SEC. 5030. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.(a) Requirement.—The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, shall establish a uniform system to service the Federal credit instruments made available under this subtitle.(b) Fees.—(1) In general.—The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may collect and spend fees, contingent on authority 128 STAT. 1342 being provided in appropriations Acts, at a level that is sufficient to cover—(A) the costs of services of expert firms retained pursuant to subsection (d); and(B) all or a portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing the Federal credit instruments provided under this subtitle.(c) Servicer.—(1) In general.—The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may appoint a financial entity to assist the Secretary or the Administrator in servicing the Federal credit instruments provided under this subtitle.(2) Duties.—A servicer appointed under paragraph (1) shall act as the agent for the Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable.(3) Fee.—A servicer appointed under paragraph (1) shall receive a servicing fee, subject to approval by the Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable.(d) Assistance From Experts.—The Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, may retain the services, including counsel, of organizations and entities with expertise in the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments provided under this subtitle.(e) Applicability of Other Laws.—Section 513 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1372) applies to the construction of a project carried out, in whole or in part, with assistance made available through a Federal credit instrument under this subtitle in the same manner that section applies to a treatment works for which a grant is made available under that Act.